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I recently bought a 37 ft. Grand Design Reflection TT that's 8600 lbs dry with 11,000 GVWR. I can't imagine any scenario in which I'll load it down to the full 11,000 capacity. My beloved Ford Explore...
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DoberGirl50 wrote:
OK my new RV friends - I've kind of rejected the Ford altogether and am looking at a 2013 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie Longhorn 4WD with a 6.7L 6-cylinder I6 diesel engine. Will it do the job? Reminder: I'll be towing a 37' TT with a GVCR of 11000 lbs. According to the towing guides I'm seeing, it can handle over 13K lbs, but it doesn't specifically say anything about whether the brakes will work.
What is the payload? If you have 1200 lbs of tongue weight and 100 lbs of hitch, etc. and anything in the bed you might start approaching your payload capacity of the truck.
I drove a 2018 2500 Ram Cummins that was a stripper model, and it had 2200 lbs. of payload. A nicer model would have less.
For reference, my F-250 gas has just shy of 3,000 lbs. of payload available.
